A complaint

It is the Bahamas and different from the US. You expect high prices and marginal services but that is par for the course. However, today I reached a tipping point. I guess it is because I had high expectations and they were not met at any level.

Even though we are staying at the Green Turtle club resort we have only eaten one meal out -- a breakfast. Today being Christmas Eve we thought let's splurge and go out for lunch. We went over to the Bluff House Marina and down to their Beach Bar restaurant. The main facility is not open for the season yet.

There were maybe a dozen folks there. We sat down and the bar maid/waitress/server presented us menus. Karen ordered a big ol cheeseburger and sweet potatoes fries and I ordered the Christmas Eve lunch special -- sweet and sour chicken rice, cole slaw. I also had the house specialty rum punch drink -- a Tranquil Turtle.

Well the food didn't show up for an hour -- maybe longer. My chicken dish had three chicken wings and a partial drum stick all with the skin on. Maybe a cup of rice and 2 tablespoonfuls of cole slaw -- that was 3 fork full's. Karen's Cheeseburger ordered as well done was served medium rare. All this for $43. That includes the mandatory 15% gratuity and 7.5% VAT tax.

Karen observed that there was a local guy who came from the back with a plateful of food and sat down and had is lunch at the bar chatting with other locals and the bar maid. She noted that while he was there no food came out of the back. She thinks he was the cook and it was time for him to have his lunch -- ahhh the Bahamas.

To add insult to injury I tried to pay with a credit card but it kept failing -- incomplete entry. The bar maid apologized and said it was these credit card kids who write so small on the cards that it was difficult to read and she was NOT going to wear glasses. After 3 attempts I told her to give me back the card and I paid cash. I'm worried now that she may have compromised my card and it is shut down. Not a big problem in the states but a real hassle over here.

Ohh well I vented and now I'm going to enjoy watching a Christmas Story tonight and dream of sugar plums.

Merry Christmas All.